Red Mosquito

Bi_3 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think this is far less about race than it is about middle age. My reading on this thread: as people age and retreat into bubbles comprised mostly of other people around the same age, they become more and more detached from cultural trends, and this thread seems to be based on the premise that because the OP isn't cognizant of said trends, they must not exist. Pretty standard middle-age-and-up solipsism, I would say. Basically a pseudo-intellectualized "music was better when I was young" argument.

Ok, then enlighten me. What do I not see? What have you moved on to?

rick malone wrote:Rock/popular music's time for innovation has come and gone.

As far as fashion, they rebooted Frasier and barely had to change the clothes from 30 years ago.

spike wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think this is far less about race than it is about middle age. My reading on this thread: as people age and retreat into bubbles comprised mostly of other people around the same age, they become more and more detached from cultural trends, and this thread seems to be based on the premise that because the OP isn't cognizant of said trends, they must not exist. Pretty standard middle-age-and-up solipsism, I would say. Basically a pseudo-intellectualized "music was better when I was young" argument.

Ok, then enlighten me. What do I not see? What have you moved on to?

are you one of those dads who think their kids keep them hip?

rick malone wrote:Rock/popular music's time for innovation has come and gone.

Bi_3 wrote:

spike wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think this is far less about race than it is about middle age. My reading on this thread: as people age and retreat into bubbles comprised mostly of other people around the same age, they become more and more detached from cultural trends, and this thread seems to be based on the premise that because the OP isn't cognizant of said trends, they must not exist. Pretty standard middle-age-and-up solipsism, I would say. Basically a pseudo-intellectualized "music was better when I was young" argument.

Ok, then enlighten me. What do I not see? What have you moved on to?

are you one of those dads who think their kids keep them hip?

Doesn’t this thread suggest the opposite?

spike wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

spike wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think this is far less about race than it is about middle age. My reading on this thread: as people age and retreat into bubbles comprised mostly of other people around the same age, they become more and more detached from cultural trends, and this thread seems to be based on the premise that because the OP isn't cognizant of said trends, they must not exist. Pretty standard middle-age-and-up solipsism, I would say. Basically a pseudo-intellectualized "music was better when I was young" argument.

Ok, then enlighten me. What do I not see? What have you moved on to?

are you one of those dads who think their kids keep them hip?

Doesn’t this thread suggest the opposite?

Uh oh, sounds like your kids are nerds.

Bi_3 wrote:

spike wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

spike wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think this is far less about race than it is about middle age. My reading on this thread: as people age and retreat into bubbles comprised mostly of other people around the same age, they become more and more detached from cultural trends, and this thread seems to be based on the premise that because the OP isn't cognizant of said trends, they must not exist. Pretty standard middle-age-and-up solipsism, I would say. Basically a pseudo-intellectualized "music was better when I was young" argument.

Ok, then enlighten me. What do I not see? What have you moved on to?

are you one of those dads who think their kids keep them hip?

Doesn’t this thread suggest the opposite?

Uh oh, sounds like your kids are nerds.

I wish.

But anyway, what is the culture now? What is the great millennial cultural innovation?